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Pension Spiking, Early Payouts, Second Careers Make For High-Income Cops

East Lansing’s former chief an example

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Is it Constitutional to Require Criminal Defendants to Fund Their Own Prosecution?

State Supreme Court considers whether to hear a case presenting this question

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Michigan Funding Its Pensions, Using More Realistic Numbers

Hat trick: Legislature also contained school pension liabilities by closing system to new hires

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For Legislature, University ‘Tuition Restraint’ Means Twice The Inflation Rate

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The Great Lakes Trough Truce

Spending interest groups only ask for more money

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Michigan Electricity Rates Since 2003: 15 Increases, 1 Cut

Consumers Energy gets another rate hike

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Back To The Future With Renewable Energy Puffery

Who benefits if families must pay more to get the same amount of electric power?

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Michigan’s Top School Pension Payouts

These retired school officials collect more than twice the average teacher’s current pay

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US On Pace To Produce More Oil In 2018 Than — Ever

Fracking, less-heavy regulatory hand contribute

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10 Officials In Larry Nassar Sex Scandal By Salary

From MSU responses to Freedom of Information Act requests

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Study on Arkansas Tourism Campaign Should Make You Scratch Your Head about Pure Michigan

If economic impacts are as stated, the tourism industry should pay for its own ad campaign

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The Steel Industry, Not Taxpayers, Should Pay for New Soo Lock

Industry should pay for the services it uses

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State Corporate Welfare Winner Released from Prison

Convicted Embezzler Once Shared Stage with Gov. Granholm

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Union Files Federal Complaint Against Company For Giving Its Members Raises

Michigan auto supplier didn't get permission from the union first

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Detroit People Mover Loses Almost $10 On Every Ride

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State’s Education Woes Require Full Assessment

BLM report takes on key myths but misses complete picture

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Two-Thirds Of Last Year’s Gas-Tax Hike Pays Debt On Roadwork Done Years Ago

The good news is, no new borrowing since 2011, so debt is coming down

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Where Michigan Lawmakers Stand on ‘Right to Try’ Laws

Allowing terminally ill Americans the ability to try experimental medicine

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Detroit City Buses Cost Taxpayers $3.52 Per Trip; Average Rider Pays Just 76 Cents

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Editorial

Shampooing Hair And Piloting Commercial Airliners Require Same Number Of Training Hours In Michigan

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Pure Fiction: State Tourism Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignores Costs

The full cost of the Pure Michigan advertising campaign is ignored

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Costs At Issue For Raising Age On Adult Criminal Prosecution

'The benefits will far outweigh the short-term, upfront costs,' says one expert

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Average Teacher Pay Doesn’t Support Liberal Site’s Narrative? Use It Anyway

Vox says never mind, the narrative is right nationwide if not in every state

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Four Years After Its Debunking, Union Still Promotes 'Snyder Cut Schools' Myth

This publication was the first to debunk by reporting actual state budget figures

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Big Decline In Number Of People On Food Stamps In Michigan

Economist: It ‘shows the economy is working well’

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